KJV King James Version
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
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Genesis 30:41
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
WEB World English Bible
It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,
Surrounding context — Genesis 30
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
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וְהָיָ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beבְּכָל־H3605 · kolallיַחֵם֮H3179 · ya.chamto conceiveהַצֹּ֣אןH6629 · tsonflockהַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒H7194 · qa.sharto conspireוְשָׂ֨םH7760 · sumto set: makeיַעֲקֹ֧בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמַּקְל֛וֹתH4731 · maq.qelrodלְעֵינֵ֥יH5869 · a.yineyeהַצֹּ֖אןH6629 · tsonflockבָּרֳהָטִ֑יםH7298 · ra.hattroughלְיַחְמֵ֖נָּהH3179 · ya.chamto conceiveבַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃H4731 · maq.qelrod
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